Healthcare Work Group Goals
The purpose of the Healthcare Work Group is to increase support for healthcare professionals and healthcare systems to promote physical activity and nutrition habits that prevent and control obesity and obesity-related chronic disease in Missouri children and adults. We aim to accomplish this purpose through enhancing prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity through improved healthcare professional knowledge, skills, and practices. Our work group sponsors an annual award to both a healthcare professional and pre-professional displaying outstanding advocacy work in the area of prevention or treatment of obesity.
Goal Increase the number of children and adults receiving treatment for obesity (FBT – family based behavioral treatment, MNT – medical nutrition therapy, IBT – intensive behavioral therapy) in collaboration with the Healthy Weight Advisory Committee. |
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Promote the new MO HealthNet Benefit for the treatment of obesity and increase the work-force capacity for this benefit.
Capture number of children and adults receiving FBT/IBT/ MNT treatment for obesity through the MOHealthNet benefit and through research currently being done across the state of Missouri at baseline (2022) and periodically.
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Goal Support healthcare professional physical activity assessment/counseling/coverage. |
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Goal Support healthcare professional nutrition assessment/counseling/coverage. |
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Goal Promote outstanding healthcare professional innovation through community collaboration to prevent and/or treat obesity. |
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